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f6 Jasaph R Burns Patented a... 31,1939

MNETED STATES.

PATENT orrica PACKAGE BINDING DEVICE Joseph It. Burns, Millbourne, Pia. Application October 8, 1935,, Serial No. 44,018

29 Claims.

This invention relates to devices or implements useful in stores, factories, omces and elsewhere to bind packages of various kinds, including grouped articles like cut flowers o plants, sticks, pencils, cards, letters, etc.

Considered from the broadest aspect, my invention is directed toward enabling quick and effective binding of packages or groups of articles to be accomplished with strip binding such as plain or adhesive tape, or ribbon of paper, textiles and other material or relatively-soft pliable metal, without waste of the binding material. This aim I realize in practice, as hereinafter more fully disclosed, in a simple, inexpensive and reliable device having relatively movable members,

as well as means automatically operative upon separation of said members after they have been brought together at one side of the package, to draw a length of the binding from a continuous supply source for envelopment of the package, and, upon being transposed relative to the package and brought together a second time, to close the binding about said package, sever the measured length, and superpose the ends thereof under pressure. With adhesive bindings, the pressure thus applied will serve to unite the ends of the binding. When relatively stiff ribbon of paper, textile fabric or pliable metal is used as a binding, the superposed ends may be secured by twisting them through rotative movement of the device before they are released. In the embodiments herein illustrated, the movable members have the form of inter-pivoted jaws with operating handles so that the device can be easily and conveniently manipulated in one hand while the pack age being bound is held in the other hand, or

by its own movable or immovable environment.

I also aim to provide, in connection with a binding device having the above attributes, means whereby the extent of separation of the two opposing components or jaws can be regulated to predetermine, at each operation, measurement of the exact length of binding necessary for a package of a given size.

My invention is further directed toward provision of means automatically operative subsequent to the second bringing together of its opposing components or jaws, to secure thesuperposed ends of the binding with clinched bands of wire or staples in the absence of adhesive.

Still other objects and attendant advantages will appear from the following detailed description of the drawings, wherein Fig. I is a side elevation of a binding device or implement conveniently embodying my invention, portions being broken out and shown in section to expose interior details which would otherwise be hidden.

Figs. II and m are fragmentary longitudinal sectional views of the device in the region of the pivotal connection between its opposing components or jaws.

Fig. IV is a fragmentary sectional view taken as indicated by the arrows IV-IV in Fig. III.

Figs. V and VI are fragmentary detail views taken as indicated respectively by the arrows VV and VI-VI in Fig. I.

Fig. VII is a fragmentary longitudinal sectional view of the device in the region of the jaw ends, showing said jaws closed with the parts performing the first step in a binding operation.

Figs. VIII and IX are views like Fig. VIIshowing succeeding steps in the binding operation.

7 Fig. X is a fragmentary detail sectional view taken as indicated by the arrows X-X in Figs. IX and m.

Fig. XI is a detail sectional view taken as indicated by the arrows fl--XI in Fig. X.

Fig. XII is a fragmentary detail section taken as indicated by the arrows XII-XII in Figs. IX and Xi.

Fig. XIII is a view corresponding to Fig. IX but looking from the opposite side of the device as indicated by the arrows XIlIXIII in Fig. X.

Fig. XIV is a fragmentary detail view partly in elevation and partly in section taken as indim cated by the arrows XIVXIV in Fig. X.

Fig. XV is a fragmentary view in plan taken as indicated by the arrows XV-XV in Fig. XIV.

Fig. XVI is a fragmentary detail section taken as indicated by the arrows XVI-XVI in Fig. XlII.

Fig. XVII is a detail sectional view showing the package after having been bound with the device.

Fig. XVIII is a fragmentary sectional view corresponding to Fig. VII showing an alternative form of my binding device with means for forming securing bands from wire and applying them to the superposed ends of the binding.

Figs. XIX and XX are views like Fig. XVIII showing successive steps in the binding and banding operation.

Fig. XXI is a view corresponding to Fig. XVIII but looking from the opposite side of the device.

Figs. XXH and XXIII are detail views partly in elevation. and partly in section taken respectively as indicated by the arrows XXlI and XXIII in Fig. XVIII.

Fig, IQCIV is a plan section taken as indicated by the arrows XX[VXXIV in Fig. XVIII.

Fig. XXV is a view corresponding to Fig. XXIV means of an adjusting. nut 12 engaging a screw- 2 a,14s,sso showing how the band is clinched about the ends a pressure roller 22 of rubber or the like, which, of thebinding. as also later on explained, cooperates with said nu. xxvr--xxvm are detail views showing 1"ig.mxisaviewcorrespondingtoFig.VII showing still another alternative embodiment of my Invention in which preformed staples are utilised to secure together the su p sed ends of the binding.

Hg. xxx is a fragmentary view partly in elevation and partly in section taken as indicated by the arrows xxx-xxx in Fig. xxx; and,

Fig. xxx: is a fragmentary detail sectional viewshowinghowtheendsofthestaplesare bent down upon the superposed ends of the binding.

From Fig. I of these illustrations, it will be observed that the package binding device of my invention comprises a pair of opposing components herein shown as having the form of hollow jaws I and 2 which are pivotally connected by axially-aligned screws 2 (Fig. IV), the jaw 2 being bowed as at 4, so that the device can be closed, as shown in dotted lines, about a package 2 exemplified as a bundle of plant stems or sticks. Below the pivot screws 2 the jaw I isprovided with an integral operating handle 2; while the jaw 2 has an operating handle 1 which has capacity for limited independent pivotal movement about the screws 2 for a purpose hereinafter explained, said handle 1 having an upward prolongation or arm 2, see Figs, II and III. A leaf spring 2; riveted to the, jawx2 within the hollow thBI'COfSIIdGDBEE'IDEfB lateralprojection I2 on thesarmz 2;. of the handle 1 serves to yieldinglyhold said jaw andgthe-handle{lathe-relation.i

shownjin ,full lines. in Figs-v1, IILandglII; Normally therjaws I and}; yieldlngly' held .openi. byahelical springll'l" In com'pressionbetw'een: the. handles 2 and; 1? immediately below the pivot screws 2, see Fig. I. ThespringII 'surroundaa-s stem i2=whichis pivotally connected .at I2 to thehandle] of the jaw 2 and which extends through anaperture I [in the handle lof the jaw I. By

' threadronthe; outer end of the stem and acting as a stop for the handlel, itzis obviously possible to regulate the extent of separation of the jaws I and 2.

Supported by the jaw I is a supply reel 11, for ribbon or tape I2 which is to be used to bind the package 5, said reel being free on a pin I2 passing through bearing apertures in spaced ears 22 on said jaw. The pin I2 has a head 2i at one end, and its other end is threaded for engagement by a winged nut 22, see Figs. I and V. Interposed between one side of the reel I1 and the contiguous ear 22 of the jaw I, is a disk spring 22, the pressure of which can be regulated by adjusting the winged nut 22 so that frictional restraint is imposed against the free rotation of said reel. As

a means for further restraining the reel I1, there is provided (Figs. I and VI) a detent 24 which is pivoted at 25 to 9. lug 22 on the jaw I, and which has a tooth 21 to engage a circular series of holes 22 in one of the side disks of said reel. The detent 24 moreover has a projection 22,'so that, when required as later on explained, its tooth 21 can be withdrawn from the reel I1 by pressure of the thumb of the hand employed in operating the device, in opposition to a leaf spring 22 to which said detent is subject.

At its swinging end, the jaw I has a hollow head 2| (Figs. VII to XIII) enclosing a drum 22 and down through said rod inelevated position 'end theslide 42 -has an aperture 22 drum to feed a definite amount of the tape I2 outwardly through an opening 24 in the front end of said head. A guard 22 within the head 2| 5 serves, in conjunction with a small idler roller 22, to direct the tape I2 to the opening 24. At diametrically opposite points on its periphery, the drum 22 is provided with a transverse line of laterally-separated roughened pads 21; and se- 1 cured to one side of the drum 22 by means of a screw 22 with capacity for rotative adjustment about the drum axis 22 is a member "having diametric arms with lateral and portions 4| (Figs.

XIV and xv) occupying peripheral recesses 42 15 regulatable width are had :10

ment by a spring pressed hook pawl 42 pivoted 5 to an arm 42 free to oscillate about the axis 22 of said drum. As shown, the arm 42 has alink connection 41 with a slide rod 42 which extends the hollow of the jaw I and which is confined to and lower guides 42 and 22 internally of said jaw, see Figs, II, III and II. A tension spring 2| (Figs. II-IV) connected at one end to a fixed pin 22 on thejaw I, and at the other end to a stud 22 on the slide rod 42, normally maintains 3 with a stop 24 thereon engaging the lower guide 22. Near its bottom adapted, when-thezjaws: I: and-21am. closed, to receive the end of a finger-22 pivotallyconnectedat 21 within. the hollow-of the, jaw2, andz-having aj lateral. 22. with a pin 22thereinengaging a sloti22-- at .theend ofithe arma2 of the handlel. By addithat the finger 22 swung downward. through coaction of the slot 22in the arm 2 with the pin j 22 of said finger as far as permitted by a stop2I 5 on the jaw I, the movement being in turn imported to the slide42 andthrough the latter and the link 41, to the hook pawl 42 so that the ratchet wheel 44 is turned in the direction of the arrow in Fig. IX. The parts are so through the arrangement just described, the drum 22 is rotated through a quadrant at each actuation, accidental displacement of said drum while in its rest positions being prevented by engagement of a spring detent 22 side of the head 2|, with circumferential notches 22 of a collar 24 fast on the drum axis 22.

Measured lengths of the tape I2 are cut from the supply on the reel I1 by a knife blade 25 with bosses 22 (Figs. XI and MI) reciprocation on a pair of fixed rods 21, said blade having a shearing action with the upper edge of the opening 24 through which the end of the tape I2 is projected. Projecting from the ratchet side of the drum 22 is a pair of diametrically posi- 7 tioned studs 22, which, as said drum is rotated, successively coact with a lateral projection 22 on one of the bosses 22 to efiect upward shearing movements of the knife blade 22 in opposition to a tension spring 12.

longitudinal movement by upper 30' (Fig. XI) fixed to one 60 guided for vertical 9,145,889 t ii The drum t2 and roller 33 are accessible for convenience oi! threading the tape ll initially through a snap-latched hinged door it at the back of the head ti. There is also a similar hinged door it at one side of the head Ii affording access to the small guide roller 36.

Lillie the jaw l, the jaw i is provided at its swinging end with a hollow head it having an opening it in its front face. which ong, when the jaws l, i are closed, registers with the opening it in the head it oi the jaw i, as shown in Fig.

Housed within the head I! is a clip it comprising a fixed member l6 secured to the front wall of said head directly above the opening it, and a movable member ll which is plvotally connected with the fined member it by an pin it. A torsion spring "it (Fig. XVI) coiled about the axis pin it tends to urge the clip meer ll toward the fined member II to grip the end of the tape it. At its iorward end the movable member ll of the clip it has a pendant proiec tion db lying in the path of a horizontal bolt til which, adjacent its forward end, has guidance in an aperture at in the trout wall oi the head iii of the law l and at its rear end in a slide bearing ti fixed within the head. A depending 111g to or the bolt it is adapted to be engaged successively by lateral studs '6 projecting from the drum 32 at the side opposite that occupied by the ratchet teeth It, said studs being arranged in quadrant relation. During each actuation of the drum t2 the bolt Si is projected outward oi the head all through coaction oi one of the plus it with the depending lug 85 of said bolt and thrust through the opening 82 and 9. corresponding opening bl in the head it of the law 2 into engagement with the projection it on the movable member ll of the clip 1!. Normally, the bolt ii is held in retracted position within the head it through coaction of a detent spring E8 in said head with a shoulder 89 on the lug it. Occupying a cutout 90 in the upper corner of the head it is a presser bar it which is supported by vertical arms 92 (Fig. VIII) of a ill-shaped spring member 93 within the head l3, said spring being secured at its bottom by a rlvet 9B and being steadied by lugs 95 secured to the outer wall or the head it.

The operation of the device is as iollows. With the jaws i and 2 open and the handles and i grasped in the right hand, the device is moved forward relative to the package which is to be bound and the jaws thereupon closed as shown in dotted lines in Fig. I. with this accomplished, the handle i, by exertion of additional pressure thereon is moved from the dotted line position to the dot-and-dash line position of Fig. I with the result that through the movement imparted as a consequence to the finger 58 (which was engaged with the aperture 55 in the slide rod 40 during closure of the laws I, 2) the slide rod 48 is lowered, and the drum 32 rotated through a quadrant by action of the pawl 45 on the ratchet teeth ll. Incident to such quarter rotation of the drum 32, the pads 31, 43 at the time lowermost thereon wipe past the roller 38 and carry the tape it along with them through a small distance with resultant projection of a corresponding length of said tape end beyond the opening 34 in the head 3| of the jaw i. Concurrently with this quarter rotation of the drum 32, one of the studs 88 wipes the depending lug '5 on the bolt 8|, thereby projecting the latter through the opening 82 in the head 3| and the registering opening .1 in the head 13 of the law 2 into engagement with the projection M on the movable it the clip ii in said head it. Thus. as the end of the tape i8 is projected through the opening it oi the head ti and into the opening it of the head l3 oi the law b, the clip it is opened to receive it. Upon completion oi the quarter rotation of the d 1. x it, the stud ti see beyond the top of the 1 W on the it ti, whereun the movable member ll oi the clip it is ireed to the action of the spring it which immv-i: ately re-acts to move the member ill to closed 3! w tionto grip the end of the tape it, this movement being attended by pushing oi the bolt Sit back into the headii where it is re-engaged and held in its normal position by the spring detent ti. Pressure on the handles t and l is thereupon relea, allowing the spring ii to open the jaws l and i as tar as permitted by the stop not it on the stem it with the result that a definite length of the tape it is drawn from the reel ll. Dori the opening of the jaws i and i as just explained, the detent it is held away irom the reel H by pressure of the thumb upon the protection it of said detent so that said reel is, at this time, restrained only by the frictional action oi the spring washer it. The device is next transposed to the front of the l: e t, wherethe two laws i, i are once more brought together as shown in g. m, by pressure upon the handles 8 and l. By additional pressure upon the handle i, the latter is again moved from the dotted to the dot-and-dash line position oi Fig. I

and as a consequence, another quarter rotation is imparted to the drum it. This latter movement of the drum 3! is inedective insofar as feeding of the tape it is concerned, but it does result in the actuation by the succeeding stud W or the bolt ill to open the clip it as before; and also in the actuation oi the indie blade W, to sever the tape it as a consequence oi upward movement imparted to said lrniie by engagement of one of the two studs ti on the it with the projection to on one of the guide bosses ht of said knife blade. During the second closing of the laws l and 2, the presser bar ti causes the leading end oi the tape it to be euectively pressed hat the opposite end of said tape overlying the trout lace of the law ii of the handle l. its a consequence, the two ends of the tape it are of iectively gripped. When tacky adhesive coated tape i8 is this pressure serves to insure adhesion of the superposed ends of the binder tape. when tape Id of relatively stiff non-adhesive paper or soft metal or wire are used as a binding, the superposed ends may be twisted together as shown in Fig. XVH by rotative manipulatlon of the device before they are released. Here again, the pressure bar 9!! is eflective to firmly hold the two ends of the tape it and prevent them from slipping from between the jaws SI and 18 during the twisting operation.

In the form of my invention illustrated in Figs. XVIII-XXVIII, additional means are provided ior forming securing bands 96 (Figs. XXV and XXVIII) from wire 91 and clinching them over the meeting ends of the strip tape I80. as the latter is wrapped about the package 5a which is to be bound. As in the first described embodiment, a. drum 32a within the head Sla on the jaw la, cooperates with a roller 33a to project the end of the tape lia through the opening 34a when the two jaws la and 2a are closed for the first time during each binding operation, said drum having a pair of diametrally-opposite circumferential pads a which respectively deter- ,dili

mine the amount of tape Ila projected. The roller m is in this instance located above the drum 32a, and coacting with it is an idler roller 98 which assists in directing the tape Ila horizontally toward auxiliary guide rollers 90. After leaving the rollers 09, the tape finally passes over the small supporting roller lla and out through the opening 340 in the front face of the head lia as shown in Fig. XVIII. The wire 91 may be supplied from a frictionally restrained reel (not shown) on the jaw Ia, which reel may be generally like the one designated I1 and employed for the tape Il in the first embodiment. From the supply reel the wire 01 passes alongside the tape Ila up through the hollow of the jaw Ia to an idler roller I00 within the head lla, (see Fig. XXIV) which roller is free on the shaft of the roller llmand from thence said wire passes horizontally between cooperative feed rollers MI and I02 whereof the former is adapted to be wiped by di'ametrally-opposite circumferential pads I03 on the drum 32a half way between the pads lla. The circumferential extent of the pads I03 is such that, at each operation of the roller IIII, the required length of wire 91 for a securing band 96 is fed forward. After leaving the feed rollers IOI, I02, the wire 01 is directed by an idle'r roller I00 to a guide eye I00 fixed within the head lIa immediately inward of a frontal opening I06 therein above the opening lla. When the jaws Ia and 2a are closed, the projecting end of the wire 91 encounters the concaved surface I01 of a recess in a block 19a which is secured within the opening a at the front face of the head 13a of the jaw 2a, and which constitutes the fixed member of the tape clip 15a. By the concaved surface I01, the wire 91 is directed around the back of the superposed tape ends as shown in Fig. XXVI. Clinching of the bands 96 is efiected as the wire 91 is cut by a pair of opposing fingers I 08 with pendant cylindrical projections I09 at their free ends, said fingers being swingable inwards toward each other about fixed pivot pins IIO within an interval between the top wall of the head 13a and the block 19a. Confined by a guide III in the upper part of the jaw 13a is a slide II2 with forwardly projecting tongues I I3 at opposite sides thereof which cooperate with the rear curved cam edges of the fingers I08 in concurrently swinging said fingers toward each other as shown in Fig. XXV in opposition to individually associated torsion springs Ill (Fig. XIX) to which they are subject. The slide H2 also has a forwardly projecting central tongue II5, for a purpose presently explained, and is actuated by an upward finger projection ill on the movable member 11a of the tape clip 15a. The knife a is in this instance pivoted for swinging movement about a fixed center H1 and serves to out both the tape Ila and the wire 91.

The operation of the modified form, of device is as follows: As the jaws Ia, 2a are closed for the first time, and the rod Ila is actuated as in the first embodiment, and the drum 32a given a quarter rotation in the direction of the arrow in Fig. XVIII by action of the pawl Ila upon the ratchet wheel a. As a result, the tape Ila is projected into the opening 19a in the head 13a of the jaw 2a, the clip 15a being opened through outward movement of the bolt lIa by one of the studs 86a on the drum l2a. In Fig. XVIII, the movement of the drum 32a is just about to be completed with the active stud lla leaving the lug on the plunger lla so that the latter can be a,14s,ssa

returned to its normal retracted position within the head lIa to permit closure of the clip 10a under the action of the spring Ila when said stud has passed beyond the depending lug lid of the bolt as shown in Fig. xx. The end of the tape Ila being now caught by the clip 1Ia, the jaws Ia and 2a are opened with attendant drawing out of a definite length of the tape Ila as already understood. Thls step is followed by moving the implement forward to wrap the tape Ila part-way around the bundle Ia, whereupon the jaws la, 2a are again closed, with incidental actuation of the rod Ila once more and impartstion by the pawl lla of another quarter revolution to the drum lla. By this last actuation of the drum lla, one of the pads I03 thereon wipes the roller I M and thereby causes a definite length of the wire 01 to be projected outward of the head lid in the manner previously described. During the forward feeding of the wire 91, the concaved surface I01 of the block 10a in the head 13 1 causes said wire to be bent around the back of the two superposed portions of the tape Ila as shown in Fig. XXVI while the fingers I08 are moved toward each other as shown in Fig.

concurrently with the opening of the clip 16a and actuation of the knife 65a, to clinch the ends of the cut length of the wire 91 downupon the front of the superposed tape ends as shown in Fig. XXVIII. As the slide II2 moves forward in the head Ila of the jaw 2a, the central tongue Ill thereof braces the wire 91 at the back as the cylindric projections I09 of the fingers I 09 press the ends of the band 90 from the front, see Figs. XXV and XXVHI. As a consequence of this cooperation of the tongue Hi, the band 96 is clinched with positiveness, the movement of the fingers I09 being such that the tape ends Ila are slightly crushed as shown and thereby more effectively secured by the wire 91. All the other elements in Figs. XVIII-XXVIJI not specifically referred to but having their counterparts in the first described embodiment, are identified with the same reference numerals previously employed with addition in each instance however, of the letter "a" for the purposes of ready distinction.

In the modification of my invention shown in Figs. XXIX, XXX and XXXI, a supplemental means is provided for securing the superposed ends of the tape band Ilb by means of preformed staples II8. A stack of such staples Ill, held together by shellac or varnish, is inserted into a vertical magazine II9 within the head 13b of the jaw 2b adjacent the inner face thereof, said magazine being accessible through an opening I20 in the top of said head protected by a slide cover I2I. A pivoted latch I22 at the outside of the head 13b near the top, holds the cover I 2i against displacement in closed position, see Fig. XXIX. The stack of staples H8 is yieldingly urged upward by a follower I23 which is guided for movement upward in the magazine H9, and connected, by a cord I24, to a springinfiuenced drum I25 mounted for free rotation in fixed bearing brackets I26 within the head 1312. Incident to each operation of the device, the uppermost staple H8 in the stack is ejected through an opening I21 in the inner face of the head 13b adjacent its top, by a plunger I28 having guidance in a slideway I29. As a staple Ill is ejected, its ends are forced through the superposed portions of the binding tape Ilb and encounter concaved surfaces I30 in the inner face of the head lIb on the jaw I b and are thereby turned inwardly and clinched as shown in Fig. XXXI. The plunger III lsnormally held re-. tracted in the head 13b with its rear end abutting the inner edge of the top opening I20, by a helical spring Ill. The movable member l'lb oi the tape clip 15b in this instance has the form of a yoke, see Fig. XXX, and closes against the top edge 18b of the opening 14b in the head lib, said edge 181) thus constituting the fixed member of the clip 15b. Fixed to the shaft 18b of the clip ilib is the pendant projection or arm 80b which is engaged by a roller I32 at the end of the bolt bib 01 the head Bib, and is thereby actuated to swing the movable member Nb of the clip 15 to open position when the jaws lb and 2b are closed. Free on the shaft 18b is a sleeve i33 with an integrally formed ratchet wheel i34 adapted to be rotated to the extent of one tooth during each actuation of the arm 80b, by a spring-pressed hook pawl i35 on said arm. A toothed wheel use, also integral with the sleeve i33, has cam teeth to coact with a downward lug i3! on the plunger i'it in operating the latter. It is to be particularly noted that the wheel i36 has just half as many teeth as the ratchet wheel I34, so that the plunger 128i is actuated only upon the second closing of the jaws ib, 2b for each binding operation of the device. Accidental movements of the sleeve M3 are prevented by a springpressed detent i3B which engages ratchet teeth iw on one end of the sleeve I33. In all other respects, the construction and operation of the modification of Figs. IIIIX-XXXI are exactly the same as described in connection with the first two forms of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, I claim;

1. A package binding device comprising a pair of opposing jaw members adapted to be brought together relative to the package to be bound, one of said members having an independently-movable portion; a rotatively-restrained manuallyreleasable means for continuous supply of binding medium on one of said members; clip means on the other member, operated by further inward movement of the independently-movable member portion, means effective to eject the binding medium free end and to open and permit closure of the clip means for reception and grippage of said free end and, upon separation of the two jaw members withdrawing a length of the binding medium corresponding to the extent of separation of said jaw members and sufficient to bind a package of predetermined size; a cutter device in one of the jaw members; and associated mechanism whereby the cutter is operated, upon drawing forward of the device relative to the package and a second bringing together of the jaw members, with a second inward movement of the independently-movable member portion to open the clip means, and effect wrapping of the binding medium about the package, and severance of the previously jaw-spanning binding medium with the ends thereof superposed under pressure.

2. A package binding device as defined in claim 1 wherein the binding medium supply means is in the form of a rotary reel, a disk-spring engages one end of the reel to impose frictional restraint against its free rotation, and a manually-releasable catch has a tooth for engagement in holes in one of the reel end walls for arresting said reel.

3. A package binding device as defined in claim 1 including a pivotal stem having its free end screw-threaded, and an adjusting nut on said free end whereby the extent of separation of the two opposing members may be regulated for measurement of predetermined lengths of the binding.

4. A package binding device comprising a pair of opposing jaw members adapted to be brought together relative to the package to be bound. one of said members including an independentlymovable handle-portion; a pivoted stem with a surrounding spring and an adjuster nut, tending .to separate said members, whereby the extent of such separation may be predetermined; a yieldingly-restrained supply means for continuous binding carried by one of said members, with an associated releasable catch normally arresting said means; means on the other of said members to grip the free end of the binding so that, upon release or the members to expansive action a definite length or the binding, corresponding to the extent of separation of said members and the circumference of a package of predetermined size, is withdrawn from the supply; means operated by further inward movement oi the independently actuable handle-portion to open the grip means and to eject the binding medium free end into said grip means; and cutter means with associated mechanism whereby, upon transposal oi the device relative to the package and bringing the jaw members together a second time, with a further inward movement of the independently actuable handle-portion, the withdrawn length of the binding, previously spanning the open jaw members, is closed about said package and severed, with the ends of such severed length superposed under pressure.

5. A package binding device comprising a pair of opposing jaw members adapted to be brought together at one side of the package, one oi said members including an independently-movable handle portion; a rotatively restrained and manually-releasable supply means for continuous binding on one 01. said members; means operative as the jaw members are initially brought together,

and the handle portion independently-moved inwards, to feed forwardly and project the end of the binding slightly beyond its carrying member; clip means on the other member actuated by the independently-movable handle portion after said members are initially-brought into contact to receive and grip the projected binding end so that, upon the following separation of the two members a suflicient length of the binding corresponding to the extent of separation of the jaw members and the circumference of a package of predetermined size is held withdrawn from the supply, and upon transposal of the device relative to the package, with a second bringing together of the members, such length of binding spanning the open jaw members is closed about said package, and means operative upon a further inward movement of the independently-movable handle portion to sever the binding with the ends of such severed length superposed under pressure.

6. .A package binding device comprising a pair of interpivoted jaws adapted to be closed about the package, one of said jaws having an independently-movable handle portion; a rotatively restrained and manually-releasable supply means for continuous binding strip on one of said jaws; means on the other jaw to grip the end of the binding so that, upon opening the jaws, a length of binding strip, corresponding to the extent of separation of the jaws and with the circumference of a package of predetermined size, is withdrawn from the supply; means for opening the gripping means, projecting the binding strip free end into the gripping means, and operative upon transposal of thedevice relative to the package, and a second closure of the Jaws, to effectv closure of the spanning portion oi the binding strip between. said Jaws about the package; and means whereby, upon a further inward movement of the independently-movable handle portion the binding strip is severed, with the ends of such severed length superposed under pressure.

7. A package binding device comprising a pair of interpivoted Jaws adapted to be closed about the package, one of said Jaws having an independently-movable handle-portion; a spring tending to separate the Jaws: regulatable means whereby the extent of separation of the Jaws may be determined; a yieldingly-restrained and manually-releasable supply means for continuous binding tape on one of the Jaws; clip means-on the other Jaw, means for opening the clip means, and projecting the binding tape free end into position for grippage by the clip means, so that, upon release of the Jaws to the action of the spring, a predetermined length of the binding tape, corresponding to the extent of separation of said Jaws and the circumference of a package of predetermined size, is withdrawn from the supply; said last mentioned means being operative upon transposal of the device relative to the pack-'- age, and closure of the Jaws a second time, to

close the jaw spanning length'o'f'the binding severed length superposed under tape about the package and, upona further inward independent movement of thehandle portion to sever the binding tape, severed, with the ends of such length superposed under pressure.

8. A packagesbinding. device comprising apair a bolt operableby spaced'studs on the drumoi interpivoted Jaws adapted to be closed1 about the package which is to be bound. one of said jaws having an independently-movablehandleportion; a spring tending to open the Jaws, a

threaded stem extending through said spring and pivoted on one of the Jaws and passing through an opening in the other jaw, a nut in threaded engagement with the protruding end oi the. stem whereby the extent of separation of the jaws-may be regulated; a yieldingly-restrained and fingerreleasable means for continuous supply of binding tape can'ied by one of the jaws; clip means on the other Jaw; means for opening the clip means, and projecting the tape free end into position for grippage by the clip means so that, upon release of the jaws to the action of the spring, a predetermined length of the binding tape is withdrawn from the supply sumcient to encircle a package of predetermined size with a definite amount therebeyond to provide extending ends;

said last mentioned means being operative upon transposal of the device relative to the package, and closure of the jaws a second time to wrap the length of the binding tape spanning the open laws about the package, and upon a second further inward movement of the handle portion aforesaid to sever the binding tape, with the coextending ends of such severed length superposed under pressure.

9. A package binding devicecomprising a pair of interpivoted Jaws adapted to be closed about the package, one of said Jaws having a rigid operating handle, and the other an operating handle connected to it with capacity for independent yielding movement; a coiled spring tending to separate the jaws with axial means for limiting their separation; a yieldingly-restrained manually-releasable supply means for continuous binding tape carried by one of the Jaws; clip means carried by the other Jaw; means, part of aisasss which is rotary, operated upon initial bringing into contact of the interpivoted Jaws, and further inward movement of the independently actuable handle, to feed and slightly project forward- 1y the free end of the binding tape, and to open said clip means to receive and, when closed, grip the projected end of the binding tape. so that, upon re-opening of the Jaws, a length of the tape -suflicient to encircle and corresponding with the circumference of the package of predetermined size is withdrawn from the supply; said device being operative upon transposal thereof relative to the package and a second closure of the Jaws,

to close the binding tape around the package,

and additional means operative, upon a further inwardmovement of the lndependently-actuable handle, to sever the withdrawn length previously spanning the open Jaws, with the ends of such pressure.

10. A package binding device according to claim 9, wherein the means which is partially rotary includes-an intermittently-rotated drum with circumierentially-spaced pressure pads, and a pressure roller to cooperate with the pads, a bolt actuable: by the drum to eii'ect opening of the tape clip means, and interposed connections from the independently movable handle whereby I the drum is actuated.

11. A package binding device according to claim 9, wherein the means whichis partially rotary includes an intermittently-rotated drum with circumferentially-spaced pressure pads, and apressureroller to cooperate with the pads,.and

,eflects opening of. the tape clip means. means as I whereby the pads, may -be-adjusted lengthwise to determine the :amount .of .bindingtape red 4. each time,- andrinterposed connections-from. the;

independently-movable handle whereby the is actuated.

12. A package binding device according to claim,.9,'-wherein:the-means which is partially rotary includes an intermittently-rotated drum g with circumferentially-spaced pressure pads, a

pressure roller which coacts with the pads, and

interposed connections from the independentlymovable handle which operate the drum; and means operated by said drum toactuate the clip means and the severing means.

13. A package binding device according to claim 9, wherein the means which is partially rotary includes an intermittently-rotated drum with circumferentially-spaced pressure pads, and a pressure roller to cooperate with the pads, and wherein the means for opening the clip means includes a proiectable element operable by lateral circumi'erentially-spaoed projections on the drum, and interposed connections from the independently-movable handle whereby the drum is actuated; and wherein the severing means includes a movable knife blade actuated by similar stud projections on the drum during non-feeding movements thereof.

14. A package binding device according to claim 9, wherein the means which is partially rotary includes an intermittently-rotated drum with circumferentially-spaced pressure pads, a pressure roller which cooperates-with the pads, and interposed connections from the independently-movable handle which actuates the drum; the clip means has a movable member; and wherein the means for opening the clip-means comprises a bolt operated by studs on the drum.

15. A package binding device comprising a supply of continuous binding strip; means for greases gripping the free end of said binding strip; reciprocative means for opening the gripping means; rotary means for projecting the strip free end into the open gripping means; a pair of opposing members adapted to be brought together relative to the package, said reciprocative and rotary means being parts of different opposing members, one of said members including an independently movable handle, connections whereby, when the members are brought together and the handle is further operated, the rotary means is operated and the reciprocative means is operated to first open and then release the gripping means, said members, on being separated, drawing out a spanning length of the binding strip which can, when the members are brought together again, be wrapped around a package of a predetermined size, said binding device including a cutter device and means which causes it to sever the binding strip when the members have been brought together a second time with the confronting ends of the strip in superposed relation, and when there has been further operation of the independently movable handle.

16. A package binding device according to claim 15. including means operative by the second further operation of the independently movable handle to form a securing band from wire, the strip cutter devices also severing the wire and, while said members are in contact, clinching the securing band about the intervening ends of the binding strip.

17. A package binding device according to claim 15, including means operative to force a pre-iormed staple through the superposed confronting ends of the binding strip from one side thereof, and to bend the ends oi such staple over upon said superposed strip ends at the other side thereof.

18. A package binding device in accordance with claim 1, including means for forming a securing band from wire by actuation of the independently-movable handle, the means which severs the binding strip also severing the wire, and for clinching said band about the superposed confronting ends of the binding strip after the second bringing together of the opposing jaw members.

19. A package binding device in accordance with claim 1, including means operative, subsequent to the second bring ng together of the jaw members, to force a. preformed staple through the superposed confronting ends of the strip oi binding material from one side thereof, and to bend over the ends of said staple upon said superposed ends at the other side thereof.

20. A package binding device comprising a source of continuous binding medium; a springinfiuenced device for gripping the free end of. the binding medium; a slidable bolt for opening said gripping device; rotary means with a guard for projecting and directing the free end of the binding medium into the open gripping device; and a pair of interpivoted jaws, one of which includes said gripping device and the other of which include the bolt, and an independently-movable portion with actuator connections, said actuator connections operating, when the jaws have been brought together and the independently movable portion is operated, to cause the bolt to first open and then release the gripping means, and to cause the rotary means to projectthe binding medium, and said jaws operating, on being opened, to draw a length of the binding medium, corresponding to the extent of separation of said jaws and the circumference oi a package of predetermined size from the supply source, and upon re-closing of the jaws to wrap the jaw spanning length of binding medium about the package, and a cutter operable by the independently-movable portion aforesaid to sever the wrapped length of binding medium while the ends of. said medium are in contact with each other in superposed relation.

21. A package binding device according to claim 20, including a supply of wire, and means to form a securing band severed therefrom by the binding medium cutter, and to clinch such severed length about the superposed confronting ends of the binding medium.

22. A package binding device according to claim 20, including means to force a pre-formed staple through the superposed confronting ends of the withdrawn and severed strip of binding medium from one side thereof, and to bend the ends of the staple over upon said superposed ends at the other side thereof.

23. A package binding device in accordance with claim 6 including means for forming a securing band from wire, severed from supply by the binding strip cutter, and to clinch it about the superposed ends of, the length of binding strip subsequent to a second closing of the interpivoted jaws.

24. A package bindingdevice in accordance with claim 6 including means operative subsequent to a second closing of the interpivoted jaws, to iorce a ore-formed staple through the superposed ends of the binding strip from one side thereof, and to bend the ends of the staple over upon the superposed strip ends at the other side thereof.

25. A package binding device as defined in claim 9, including mechanism to term a securing band from wire severed from the supply by the means which severs the binding tape, and to clinch such severed length of wire about the superposed ends of the severed binding tape.

26. A package binding device as defined in claim 9, further including mechanism, also operated by the second further inward movement of the independently-movable handle to form a securing band from continuous wire and to clinch a severed length of. it about the superposed ends of the binding tape, said mechanism including means on one jaw to project a definite length of continuous wire, means on the other jaw operative as the wire is projected, to round it about the superposed ends of the continuous binding tape from one side thereof, the tape severing means cutting oil the rounded portion of the wire, and means also on the last mentioned jaw to bend the ends of the severed length of wire over upon said superposed tape ends at the other side thereof.

27. A package binding device as defined in claim 9 further including mechanism also operated by the second further inward movement of the independently-movable handle to form a securing band from continuous wire, and to clinch a length of it, cut off by the binding tape severing means, about the superposed ends of the package binding tape, said mechanism including directing-idler and cooperative feedrolls in one of the interpivoted jaws, circumferentially-spaced pads on the rotary part coactive with another of. said rolls for intermittent rotation of the latter to project a definite length of the continuous wire, means on the other jaw operative, as the wire is projected, to round the length 01' wire about the superposed ends or the staple through the superposed confronting ends of continuous binding tape from one side theres,14s,saa

of, and also to bend over the ends of the staple at the other side thereof.

29. A package binding device as defined in claim 15, including a magazine for pre-Iormed staples, a plunger on one 01' the opposing members, and means for operating said plunger by the second "further operation of the independently movable handle, to force a staple from the magazine through the intervening superposed ends of the binding strip from one side, and by coaction with a surface on the other member, to bend the ends of the staple over upon the superposed strip ends at the other side thereof.

- JOSEPH R. BURNS. 

